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Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Application flied August 6, 1809. Serial No. 511,503.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. Manors, at the city. of St. Louis, in theState of is so'uri, have invented a certain new and useful Roundabout,of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as 1will enableany one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make'anduse the same, reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relateses cially toaroundabout but many of the eatures ofmy invcntionmay be used for other forms of amusement devices.

v The object of my invention is to provide a'roundabout with rockingdevices, the rock ing member. having seats and to. provide means wherebythe rocking member may, be operated either by hand or foot power andfurther to utilize the power imparted to the rocking" member forrotating the roundabout or for revolvingany suitable mechanism.

In .the accompanying" drawings .which illustrate some forms ofroundabouts made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is anelevation of the preferred form of my device. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewshowing a detail of construction Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the lowerplat orm, Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the ortion of the spider shown inFig. 3. Igs' 5, 6, 7 and 8 are enlarged detailed views of the powertransmitting mechanisms. Fig. 9 is-a plan view showing a modification. 7elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a side elevation ofanother modification. Fi 12 is another view of the modification showninFig'. 11. Fig. 13 is a sectional view showin a'dctail'ofconstruct-ion.

'Fig. 14 is a top p on view of the bellows mechanism shown in Fig. 11.Fi 15 is a side elevation showing a still furt er modification. Fig. 16is an end view of the modification shown in Fig. 15, and Fig. 17 isasectional view showing the method of securing the rocking membersagainst lateral movement. I

Like marks of reference refer to similar parts in the several views ofthe drawin s.

20 is a spider forming the center of t e lower platform. This s ider 20is'provided with grooves 21 as bests own in Fi 4, said grooves beingadapted to receive re 1 arms Fig. 10 is a side- 22. These arms are helda ainst lon udinal movement by means 0 lugs 23 ormed on spider 20 andengaging with the corresponding notches in arms 22. The arms 22 carry anapproximately circular latform 24 uqon which is mounted a circu ar track25. In the center of the s ider 20 is an u right 26 as best shown in ig.2. Surround ing the upright 26 is a sleeve '27 over which is a spider 28similar to the spider 20 and carrying arms 29 which form the u orplatform. The up er platform is prov] ed with flooring 30. all bearin s31are provided to allow the upper plat orm' to freely rotate. Carried bythe up-ri ht 26 and uprights 33 on the outer edge 0 the lower platformis a cover 3!.

Arranged on the flooring 30 are a number of rocking members 35 bestshown in Fig. 1. Each of these rocking members 35 is provided with apair of and seats 36 and a central seat 37. In order to actuate therocking devices 35 I provide the said rocking devic'e withapair ofuprights 38 carrying a shaft 39 upon'which are arranged pulleys 40.Arou'ndthesepulleys 40 wind the upper ends of ropes 41 provided withhandles 42 in a position where they may be reached by the occupants ofseats 36 and 37. The re es '41 are extended to the bottom of the meltingdevice 35 and their lower ends wound around spring drums 453 which holdthe ropes 41 taut. On the end of the shaft 39 is a pulley 44 aroundwhich passes a rope 45. This rope 45 is extended around a pulley 46 fromwhich each end passes to a pulley 47 and is then attached 211348 to theend of the rocking device 35. It will be evident therefore, that whenone of the ropes 41 is drawn down by handles 42 the rope 45 will pulldown one end'of the rocking device 35 and thus actuate it. In order toactuate the rocking d'evice 35 by foot power I provide a pair of pedals50 to which are attached ropes 51. These ropes 51 pass around pulleys 52and 58, thence around pulleys 54 to the rocking device 35 in the samemanner as the ropes 45. It will thus be seen that by operating thepedals 50 the rocking device will be actuated in the same manner as byoperating the handles 42. In order to rotate the platform from therockin movement of the members 85 I provide t c said platform with anumber of wheels 55 adapted to travel on the track 25 Each :of the.wheels 55' is-mouniedon the.

shaft 56 carried in bearings 57. Mountedon each end of the shaft 56 is-a power transmitting device such as shownin Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8. Thispower transmitting device consists of a drum 58 on the periphery ofwhich is wound a rope 69 which extends up to the rocking member as bestshown in Fig. 1. Within the drum 58 is a ratchet whee 60 which isloosely mounted on the shaft 56 and is enga ed by pawls 61 carried bythe drum 58. iach of the ratchet wheels 60 is rovided with ahub 62projecting through he drum 58. This hub 62 is provided with slots 63adapted to en age with pins 64 on the shaft 56 so that y moving the drumlongitudinally of the shaft it can be thrown into and out of en agementwith the same. A cylindrical mem er 65 rojects into the drum 58 at the oposite end from the hub 62 and to this mem or is attached one end of asprin 66, the opposite 'end of which is attachec to the drum. The member65 is (provided with a disk 67 which is attache by means of a pin 68 toa forked lever 69. Thus by moving the lever 69 the drum can be movedinto and out of engagement with the shaft 56 and at the same ttime thelever 69 prevents the member 65 from rotating so that the spring 66 willactuate to wind up the slack of the rope 50 when the end of the rockingmember 35 to which it is attached descends. When the said end ascends,howi .ever, thepawl 61 will operate the wheel 60 and will cause theshaft 56 to be rotated in case the drum is moved into such position thatthe pins 64 engage the slots 63. In this way it will be evident that theplatform 30 will be rotated when the member 35 is rocked. In case it isdesired to change the direction of rotation the drum at one side of thewheel 55 is thrown out of engagement with the shaft and drum at theother side 'is throwninto engagement, the two drums being arran ed torotate in opposite directions. In or er to prevent the members 35 fromhaving any but a rotary motion I provide wires or flat meta-l ribbons 70one end of each of'said wires or ribbons being attached to the bottom ofthe rocking member and the other end to the lloor 30. The ribbons arearranged in pairs and cross so as to hold the member 35 effectively aainst any but the proper motion. The ribbons 70 maybe provided with coilsprings 7i as shown. in Fig. ll. so as to take up any slack in theribbons. 'lwo pairs of ribbons are preferably provided, one at eiuh sideof the rocking device as best shown at the left hand side of Fig. l.

in operating the form of my device shown in Fig. l, the operator seatedin one .of the seats 36 grasps the handle 42 and thus throws a portionof his weight upon the rope -11. This causes the rotation of the shaft.39 carrying the pulley 40 around which the 88 is in the centralposition.

ro e 41 is wound; The slack of the rope wi 1 be taken up'by the springdrum 43 at the same time t e necessary amount of rope is'supplied by thespring drum 43 at he 0 posite side so as to allow the ropes 41 on t eopposite side of the rocking member to be wound upon the second set ofpulleys 40-.

The rotation of'the shaft 39 rotates the pulley 44 carried on the end ofsaid shaft and so draws upon'one of the ropes 45 as to draw downwardlyon the end of the rocking member opposite to that on which the operatoris seated. A portion of the o erators weight is thus not'only removed mmthe seat onwhich he is situated but is transferred to the opposite end.of the rocking member. The movement of the rocking member is transferredto the driving mechanism through .the rope 59 as has been heretoforedescribed.

In order to bring the platform 30 to rest after it is in motion Iprovide a pair of brake shoes 72 adapted to bear on the wheels .55 andconnected by toggle arms These toggle arms 73 are actuated by a bellcrank lever 74 havin a handle 75 arranged adjacent to one o the seats86. The end seats 36 are also preferably provided with upri hts 77carrying strips of paper or cloth w iich act as fans for the occupantsof the seats 36.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I have shown a modification in which the movement ofthe rocking member may be utilized to propel a platformv 80 in a ,athother than circular. In this modification platform 80 is )rovidcd with.four wheels 81 mounted on s iafts; 82. These shafts 82 carr the drums 58which are actuated from he rocking member as hereinbefore described. Thedisks 67 of the drum 58 are engaged by bell crank levers 83 which areconnecte in pairs by bars 84. These bars 84 are provided with flanges 85engaging arms 86 extending. downwardly from a shaft 87. This shaft 87 isoperated by a hand lever 88 so as to throw one pair of drums intoengagement with one of the shafts 82 and the other drums out ofengagement therewith or to throw all four drums out of engagement withthe shafts. This latter is accomplished when the lover The lever 88 alsooperates a pair of brake shoes 89 adapted to operateon the shafts onwhich the wheels 61 mp. The brake shoes 89 are actuated by a series ofto gle levers 90 ivoted to the lower end '0 the operating ever 88.

In Figs. ll. 12, 13 and 14 I have shown a slight modification in themanner of operating the power transmitting devices for the rockingmember 35. In this modification the uprights 38 have pivoted to them atIt!) curved levers which are connected by means of ropes .96 fastenedover pulleys Beneath the rocking member 35 I place a pair of bellows 100opening into an air box 101 provided with valves 102 and an air outlet103 so that when the member 35 is actuated air will be forced throughthe pipe 103 and this air may be utilized to operate an organ or othermusical instrument on the round-about.

In Figs. 15 and 16 I have shown still further modification. In thismodification the rockin member is not provided with the centre seat 37.In lieu of this seat an in dependently movable seat 105 is provided.This seat 105 is carried by uprights 106 passing through an opening inthe bottom of the rocking member 35 and pivoted by means of a shaft 107to downwardly pro- 'ectin g arms carried by the platform 30. The shaft107 has rigidly secured to it an arm 110 connected by ropes 111 to therocking member so that when the central seat 105 is moved relative tothe seats 36 the rocking device will be actuated. This actuation issecured by the difference in leverage, between seats 105 and 36.Movement between seats 105 and 36 may be secured by placing the feetagainst the edges 112 of the seat 105 or by drawing on the handles 113carried on the uprights 106. The wheels 55 in. these views are shownprovided with rubber tires 114 so that they may operate on a smoothplatform and thus dispense with the track 55. The uprights 106 may alsobe provided with strips 115 of paper cloth to act as' fans.

The hub 62 of the drum 58 is preferably provided with sprocket 1n Fig. 5so that when the drum is thrown out of engagement with the shaft 56 thesprocket wheel may be used to transmit power to any suitable device.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In an amusement device, the combination with a platform, of wheelsfor said platform, ratchet mechanism for operating said Wheels, a brake,and means for actuating said brake and reversing the direction ofrotation of said wheels.

2. In an llll'lllSGlllQllll device, the combination with a platform, ofwheels for said platform, ratchet mechanism for operating said wheels, abrake adapted to bear on the wheel supporting surface, and means foractuating said brake and reversing the direction of rotation of saidwheels.

3. In an amusement device. the combination with a platform, of wheelsfor said platform, a ratchet device for operating said wheels in onedirection, a second ratchet device for operating said wheels in theopposite directlon, a brake, and means for throwing said ratchet deviceinto and out of operation, said means also operating said brake.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and afiixed my seal inthe presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

I CHARLES J. MENGES. [1 s.]

Witnesses:

W. A. ALEXANDER, 4 ELIZABETH BAILEY.

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